tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353497792007-08-20T17:54:22.745-07:00MatiasBlogger4985125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35349779.post-9657796789960206842007-08-20T17:54:00.001-07:002007-08-20T17:54:22.760-07:00

    Hey there guys. It's quiet around The Movie Blog studios this Monday as both Darren Conley and Bruxy Cavey are away. However, Doug and I do our very best to hold down the fort and we bring you the follwing: 1) CNN, Porn and Hillary Clinton 2) New "Prince of Peace - God of War" news 3) Cell Phones Should be banned in theaters 4) Paramount and Dreamworks go with HD-DVD only 5) Office

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    There is word flying around this morning that actor James McAvoy has landed the coveted role of James Montgomery Scott (AKA Scotty) on the upcoming Star Trek film. The folks over at RopeOfSilicon give us this: The 28-year-old actor has won the role of chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise, immortalised in Captain Kirk's phrase "Beam me up, Scotty", reports the site, confirming McAvoy

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    This was funny. The guys over at RopeofSilicon provided a fun little link to an image of a fake "McLovin" ID from the film Superbad. All you've got to do is copy and paste your face into the grey box (like I did). Oh yes... I am McLovin. Get the full sized McLovin template here. Source

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    Ok, a couple of sources pointed me to this new P2 Trailer. The trailer is nothing special at all (actually, it's not very good) but the IDEA for this as a little horror movie is terrific. Parking lots are some of the creepiest places on earth. The dark, the echoing footsteps, the concrete... damn they can be spooky. So even though this P2 trailer isn't any good... I still find myslef

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    File this one under the "You've got to be frigging kidding me" category. It appears there is going to be 2 more Legally Blonde movies heading our way, and it looks like they hired the director for it too, Savage Steve Holland. The folks over at Collider give us this: Yes, it's official, I am directing the Tri-quel to Legally Blonde. It's called Legally Blondes. I'm not sure how much I

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   In the improperly named Format War we have two sides. HD DVD and BluRay. I thought I would remind you people in case you have been living under a rock. Like John. See its not a Format War. Back in the Format Wars we had VHS and Beta. Many people debated over which would last and well in the end they BOTH DIED! And yes, I am old enough to vividly remember the video stores divided into

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    Well, I guess since Vince Vaughn had a crack at her its now Owen Wilson's turn. Owen Willson (who i really like, but man You, Me and Dupree just sucked) and Jennifer Aniston (Who I maintain is really quite talented despite the fact that most of her movies aren't that great) are teaming up for a new film called Marly & Me. Now, on the surface to me this sounds like a great idea. I like

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   One of the most interesting and fascinating things on my favourite TV Show Heroes, is the character of Sylar. He is just so ruthlessly evil and self serving, and then at the end of last season, in a rare moment of Sylar's regret I almost found myself LIKING him. Or maybe I just like Zachary Quinto. So of course when I heard that he was cast as the younger counterpart to Spock, my own ears

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    Fine, I'll be the bad guy. I'll say what everyone knows is the common sense thing to do, but will have everyone totally disagree. But I'm sorry... it's time to ban the damn cell phones from the Movie Theaters. For a couple of reasons: 1) Piracy I've said for years that studios hyper exaggerate the damage piracy does on their business, and that going after people for downloading movies

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    FILMS THAT DESERVED BETTER is an ongoing feature here on The Movie Blog of movies that failed to attract an audience at the theaters and failed to perform well at the boxoffice, yet were exceptional films. We just want to give out a hardy slap on the back and say "We love ya anyway". When I first decided to do this feature I instantly knew one of the film that just HAD to be on this list

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    A smaller film that's getting ready to come out that we really haven't talked much about around here (or anywhere for that matter really) is Resurrecting The Champ. As a matter of fact, I think the last 3 people I've talked to all said "Resurrecting The What?". The film stars Samuel L Jackson (what film these days doesn't?) and Josh Hartnett. This nice synopsis comes from MoviesOnline:

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    I think it's fair to say at this point that the two most successful projects for Jamie Foxx at this point in his career have both been musical in nature (Ray, which won him an Oscar... and Dreamgirls). Aside from thise two, his other recent films haven't faired nearly as well or been as well received (Miami Vice, Jarhead, Stealth). So what do you do? Why you go back to a music theme

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    It seems to be all the rage now to not only do comic book superhero movies... but since the smash success of the TV show "Heroes", it also seems to be all the rage to do kind of "realistic" superpower movies. We've been talking about the upcoming Samuel L Jackson and Haden Christensen flick "Jumper" (a movie about a guy who can teleport) and now we hear about "Push". Push is a new film

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    I still remember sitting in my buddies place and our friend Todd Brown (now the Editor over at Twitchfilm.Net) came over and asked me if I had ever seen Shaolin Soccer. I said "no", and he grabbed the dvd and popped it in instantly. I've been a big Stephen Chow fan ever since. That movie was so damn funny I can honestly tell you my sides hurt after watching it (no seriously... they did).

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    I just can NOT understand for the life of me what Nathan Fillion isn't one of the single biggest A-List movie stars out there today. The man is seriously talented. Solid for action, amazing comedic timing... and I'm secure enough in my hetrosexuality to say the man is also good looking enough that even I would consider blowing him. Yet this guy just can NOT catch a break. He does a

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    In the slow, boring, nauseously over talkie, zero interest, mundane waste of a movie that was "Death Proof", there was one stand out element and one stand out performer. The car chase scene at the end of the film was nothing short of remarkable. It was exciting, thrilling and had you gripping the sides of your seat for dear life. It allowed Death Proof to just be a horrible movie,

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    There is a trend in Hollywood these days for bigger, more respected actors to take roles in graphic novel adaptations. Christian Bale (Batman), Edward Norton (Hulk), Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man) ect. ect. ect. Anyway, we heard some time ago that Sin City author Frank Miller is doing the film "The Spirit" based on the work of Will Eisner. Word now is that Scarlett Johansson is joining

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    Hey there guys. For those of you who were listening to the Live Show on Wednesday (Don't forget, the next live show is on TONIGHT, Friday at 6pm EST at www.nowlive.com/themovieblog) you already know what I'm about to say... but for the rest of you it's news. Writer Serena Whitney is going to be posting here on The Movie Blog starting next week. We're thrilled to have her come on and add

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    Is this actually The Dark Knight poster? Your guess is as good as mine, but our friends over at MoviesOnline have it there and I just had to show it to you. "Feels" legit to me... but what do I know? Naawwww... it's probably fake. Still... it's cool. Source

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    John gives his quick review of Superbad Click To Play Source

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    There had been a lot of talk in recent months about the possibility of a Justice League movie. Like anyone else, I'd be more than interested in seeing all the big DC Superheroes teaming up for some throw down action. But with Superman and Batman already rolling with successful franchises on their own, would it really be wise to dump them into a JLA movie just for the sake of trying to get

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    I'm one of the few people out there that DIDN'T like the first Harold and Kumar movie. It certainly had its moments, but over all I just found it too dumb, and not funny enough. Just me. Now this Harold and Kumar 2 teaser has floated out to the net... and I'm not impressed (ducking). See for yourself: Source

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    Hey there guys. Just a quick reminder that the LIVE edition of The Movie Blog Uncut is on tonight. For those of you who don't know about it, it is a live show with a live interactive chat board. You can call in and get on air with us, or just chat with the other listeners... or ask questions on the board that we can read and answer on air. Tonight: Doug and I argue and fight over

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    Hey there guys. For me, this is HUGE news that I've been dying to share with you! As you know, I've been working over a year now on my little documentary called "Prince of Peace - God of War". The movie is a look at how the Christian faith went from Pacifism in its first 300 years of existence, to fully embracing violence and war today. It was my first crack at doing anything like

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   There are many things that bug me about DVD releases. Most of those things have to do with the many versions studios release to suck out hard earned money from die hard fans. They release the definitive editions, the special collector's editions, and the must have ULTIMATE editions. (Lord knows we all have 2-3 copies of one of our favorite movies in our collections.) But you know what

Matias